"News in Brief" for December 13, 2017

A P.E.I. Opposition bill linking food waste and food insecurity is misguided, says a University of Toronto researcher. Reducing food waste is a good idea in itself, Valerie Tarasuk told CBC News, but linking it to food insecurity is not.

A study of elementary schools in urban areas of Quebec, found that schools with the unhealthiest food environments were more likely to be located in disadvantaged communities. This study was published in the International Journal of Obesity.

From salads in aspic (that meat jelly thing) to sandwich loafs, there seem to be an endless list of weird foods that get prepared around this season, and that can all be traced back to cookbooks dating from the 50s to the 70s.

Funded by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, the Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC) has operated under the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) since 1999 and is one of 14 health promotion resource centres operating in Ontario. The NRC strengthens the capacity of health promotion professionals and community partners involved in healthy eating and nutrition across the health continuum. Through networking and collaboration, the NRC is fostering knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE) and is building a centre of excellence in evidence-based resources and tools to support program and policy development throughout Ontario.